8-letter words containing u, n, g, l
- housling — the growing of the climbing stem of the hop into a dense mass at the top of the poles which support it
- huddling — Present participle of huddle.
- humbling — not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
- hungerly — marked by a hungry look.
- hungrily — having a desire, craving, or need for food; feeling hunger.
- hurdling — (athletics) A track and field running event where the runners have to jump over a number of hurdles.
- hurtling — to rush violently; move with great speed: The car hurtled down the highway.
- hustling — to proceed or work rapidly or energetically: to hustle about putting a house in order.
- illuding — Present participle of illude.
- implunge — to submerge
- indulged — to yield to an inclination or desire; allow oneself to follow one's will (often followed by in): Dessert came, but I didn't indulge. They indulged in unbelievable shopping sprees.
- indulger — to yield to an inclination or desire; allow oneself to follow one's will (often followed by in): Dessert came, but I didn't indulge. They indulged in unbelievable shopping sprees.
- indulges — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of indulge.
- infrugal — not frugal; wasteful
- inguinal — of, relating to, or situated in the groin.
- ingulfed — Simple past tense and past participle of ingulf.
- jelutong — a tree, Dyera costulata, of the Malay Peninsula, from which a resinous latex is obtained.
- jongleur — (in medieval France and Norman England) an itinerant minstrel or entertainer who sang songs, often of his own composition, and told stories.
- juggling — Continuously toss into the air and catch (a number of objects) so as to keep at least one in the air while handling the others, typically for the entertainment of others.
- jumbling — Present participle of jumble.
- junglist — A performer or enthusiast of jungle music.
- kludging — Simple past tense and past participle of kludge.
- knulling — a convex molding having a series of members separated by indentations, as a bead and reel.
- knurling — a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- langauge — Misspelling of language.
- langlauf — the sport of cross-country skiing.
- langmuir — Irving, 1881–1957, U.S. chemist: Nobel Prize 1932.
- language — a body of words and the systems for their use common to a people who are of the same community or nation, the same geographical area, or the same cultural tradition: the two languages of Belgium; a Bantu language; the French language; the Yiddish language.
- languish — to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade.
- languour — Alternative spelling of languor.
- laughing — that laughs or is given to laughter: a laughing child.
- laughlin — James, IV, 1914–97, U.S. editor, publisher, and poet.
- laughton — Charles, 1899–1962, U.S. actor, born in England.
- ligneous — of the nature of or resembling wood; woody.
- ligurian — an apparently Indo-European language used in ancient times along the NW coast of the Ligurian Sea.
- linguica — a highly spiced Portuguese garlic sausage.
- linguine — a type of pasta in long, slender, flat strips.
- linguini — a type of pasta in long, slender, flat strips.
- linguist — a specialist in linguistics.
- lingular — a tongue-shaped organ, process, or tissue.
- liu pang — 247–195 b.c, Chinese emperor: founder of the Han dynasty 202 b.c.
- long run — happening or presented over a long period of time or having a long course of performances: a long-run hit play.
- long-run — happening or presented over a long period of time or having a long course of performances: a long-run hit play.
- longinus — Dionysius Cassius [kash-uh s] /ˈkæʃ əs/ (Show IPA), a.d. 213?–273, Greek philosopher and rhetorician.
- longjump — jumping contest decided by length
- longspur — any of several fringillid birds of the genus Calcarius of tundra or prairie regions of North America, characterized by a long spurlike hind claw on each foot.
- longueur — a long and boring passage in a literary work, drama, musical composition, or the like: The longueurs in this book make it almost unreadable.
- louganis — Gregory ("Greg") born 1960, U.S. diver.
- loungers — Plural form of lounger.
- lounging — (of a garment) worn for leisure, as at home: lounging robe; lounging jacket.